Biology:Barinophyton
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| Barinophyton citruliforme fossil, New York State Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | †Barinophytes |
| Genus: | †Barinophyton White (1905)[2] emend. Brauer (1980)[3] |
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Barinophyton was a genus of early land plant with branching axes. It is placed in a group of early vascular plants (tracheophytes), the barinophytes, a group that has been given various ranks and scientific names.[4] Known fossils are of Devonian to Carboniferous age (419 to 299 million years ago).[1]
Phylogeny
Kenrick and Crane in 1997 placed two species of Barinophyton along with the genus Protobarinophyton in the Barinophytaceae in their Sawdoniales, well nested within the zosterophylls.[5] A summary cladogram produced by Crane et al. in 2004, shows Barinophyton in the core of a paraphyletic stem group of broadly defined zosterophylls, basal to the lycopsids (living and extinct clubmosses and relatives).[6]
The phylogenetic position of the barinophytes remains disputed. Taylor et al. in 2009 considered the barinophytes to be possible lycopsids rather than zosterophylls.[1] Hao and Xue in 2013 suggested that they were not lycopsids, instead falling between this group and the euphyllophytes.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Taylor, T.N.; Taylor, E.L.; Krings, M. (2009), Paleobotany, The Biology and Evolution of Fossil Plants (2nd ed.), Amsterdam; Boston: Academic Press, pp. 325–326, ISBN 978-0-12-373972-8
- ↑ White, D. (1905), "Paleontology", in Smith, G.O.; White, D., The Geology of the Perry Basin of South-eastern Maine, Professional Paper 35, Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey, pp. 35–84, https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0035/report.pdf, retrieved 2019-10-28
- ↑ Brauer, D.F. (1980), "Barinophyton citrulliforme (Barinophytales Incertae Sedis, Barinophytaceae) from the Upper Devonian of Pennsylvania", American Journal of Botany 67 (8): 1186–1206, doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1980.tb07752.x Cited in (Brauer 1981).
- ↑ Brauer, David F. (1981), "Heterosporous, barinophytacean plants from the upper Devonian of North America and a discussion of the possible affinities of the Barinophytaceae", Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 33 (2–4): 347–362, doi:10.1016/0034-6667(81)90092-0
- ↑ Kenrick, Paul; Crane, Peter R. (1997), The Origin and Early Diversification of Land Plants: A Cladistic Study, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, p. 172, ISBN 978-1-56098-730-7
- ↑ Crane, P.R.; Herendeen, P.; Friis, E.M. (2004), "Fossils and plant phylogeny", American Journal of Botany 91 (10): 1683–99, doi:10.3732/ajb.91.10.1683, PMID 21652317
- ↑ Hao, Shougang; Xue, Jinzhuang (2013), The early Devonian Posongchong flora of Yunnan: a contribution to an understanding of the evolution and early diversification of vascular plants, Beijing: Science Press, pp. 55, 246, ISBN 978-7-03-036616-0, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269875285, retrieved 2019-10-28
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4860780 entry
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